Stigmabase | North America

Addressing female and LGBT representation in gaming and technology  - Kinnunen informed the Georgia Straight that she'll be discussing the representation of women and LGBTQ people in games. She'll also be speaking ...

This gay couple's hockey match kiss was captured on KissCam. Rousing cheers ensued.  - Last week, a gay couple at a hockey game was captured locking lips on KissCam — to the audible delight of the wildly cheering crowd. Brad Parr and ...

The queerest cities in America, according to The Advocate  - Instead of New York, which many a member of the LGBTQ community will tell you is the mecca of meccas for queer people, the honor went to Hartford, ...

Through Non-Conformity, David Bowie Boosted LGBTQ Community  - He touched nearly every corner of popular culture, and according to one expert, he had a special impact on many in the LGBTQ community.

Ben Carson: 'Abnormal' LGBTQ people shouldn't receive 'extra rights'  - He then intimates that if the next president's Supreme Court nominees want to protect LGBTQ rights, you might as well “say goodbye to America.

Coming Out in the Classroom  - The organization, whose name means “paths” in Hebrew, states that its mission “is to create a space to explore the intersection between our LGBTQ  ...

This Christian father has a wonderful message for parents of LGBTI kids  - I protect her. And my life's work is now to advocate for her and for all those in the LGBTQ community. Maybe you have a gay son, or a lesbian daughter ...

New Research Shows Anti-Gay Parents Still Love Their LGBTQ Kids  - One of the many reasons public attitudes about homosexuality remain critically important, regardless of what law and policy may say, is that LGBTQ  ...

China to improve healthcare under 2- child policy  - China is adopting measures to better allocate maternal and child health resources and train more doctors, Wang Peian, deputy head of the National ...

Make mental health a priority  - THOUGH mental illness remains one of the most stigmatised illness categories worldwide, it is important to know that gender is a critical determinant ...

4 Jokes About Mental Illness You Need to Stop Making  - There is a difference between jokes meant to bring light to judgment against people with mental illness and jokes that further perpetuate stereotypes ...

How committed are we to improving our nation's mental health?  -  Mental illness and homelessness are linked, and not necessarily in that order. Where you live is one of the social determinants of mental health.

Changing stigma around mental illness  - As I got older, I kept learning of more and more friends, teammates, classmates and other acquaintances who live with a mental illness . Anxiety ...

Believe it or not, there are challenges to growing up wealthy  - Kelly Wallace is CNN's digital correspondent and editor-at-large covering family, career and life. Read her other columns, and follow her reports at ...

Children aged just 8 are are on drastic crash diets as child obesity rates soar  - As many as one in four children aged between eight and 15 years old is actively trying to slim down, according to the Government's own Health Survey ...

Parents still risk their children's health by refusing vaccinations  - Parents are still not having their children immunised against potentially deadly illnesses because they believe vaccinations can have ...